Oil can



e. DUTTON. I

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-7,1919.

1,412,173. I Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

I Arm I erence indicate corresponding parts in the 7 UNITED s'r'r i GEORGE BUTTON, OE UNO; MANITOBA, CANADA.

. on. can] Application filedifictober 7,

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, GEORGE DUTTON, of the village of Uno, in the Province-of Manitoba, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil Cans, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in oils cans and particularly to a forcedfeed 7 can, and the principal object of the invenv tion is to provide a simply constructed, inexpensive and durable canwhich can 'be easily and quickly filled by the manipulation of a plunger, and from which the oil can be positively expelled by operating the plunger. 1

With the above object in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the oil can.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view centrally through'the can.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed sectional view through the front end of the can.

In the drawing like characters of refseveral figures.

l is the body of the can which is cylin drical and has the lower end cut away at an angle and closed by a base piece 2, the arrangement being such that when the can is resting on the base the body thereof sits at an angle ofapproximately degrees to the horizontal. v

The'front end of the can is shaped'to present a bulging nose 3 and immediately above thisnose I locate the outlet spout 4 which extends upwardly and terminates in a contracted discharge end 5, which curves forwardly and is located above the level of the rear part of the can body. By this arrangement it will-be apparent that the,

oil will not overflow fromthe spout should the can body be filled full.

In the nose I solder a filling-pipe 6 which is provided with a shoulder 7, and receives. a removable screw cap 8 which is actually screwed against the washer 9 seating on the shoulder. The upper end of the can body is closed by a top or cap piece 10 which is provided with air outlet openings 11.

12 is a cup washer preferably made from leather, which washer is permanently Specification of Letters Patent.

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riveted to a metallic disc'l fa the disc and washer actually forming aplunger slidably mounted within the cylinder.

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14iisv a plunger rodhaving the inner end bent at right angles to the body and soldered centrally to the disc and the outer endfex tending slidably through the cap 11 and fitted withafinger piece 15. r

16 is a handle'su'itably fastened to the .rear side of the cylinder; e y

7 When this can is to be used, the screw cap 8 is removed and theplunger, is drawn out of the cylinder by pulling on the plunger; rod. This effects the drawingin of the'oi-l and the filling of the can. Afterwards the screw cap is replaced and the can is ready for use, the operator pushing in on the finger'piece each time he desires to expel oil through the spout. v

The openings 11 allow. of the escape ofair from the upper end of the cylinder.

What I claim as my invention is i 1. In an oil can an inclined canbody:

spout leading from the upper side of the can and adjacent to the bottom,'a plunger operatively mounted within the can body in sliding engagement therewith, a plunger provided with a closed top and bottom, a

having theupper end closed and the lower end cut at an "angle and closed by a base piece, an upwardly extending spout communicating with the top side ofthe cylinder in a location adjacent the base, a 'filling plug located at the front endofthe cylinder directly beneath the spout, a plunger slidably mounted within the cylinder in sliding engagement therewith, a plunger rod extending from the plunger out the upper end of the cylinder, and a handlefor the can.

an oil can, a can body in the form r j i i of a frustum of a cylinder having closed 77 v base of the n, a spout communicating *1- ends and with the inclined end forming the,

with'the top side of the cylinder in a location adj acent to'the base, a removable filling cap located directlybeneath the spout,

plunger operatively mounted within the cylinder in sliding engagement therewith, a plunger rod extending from the plunger and out the top. of the cylinder and a handle.

located on the side of the cylinder remote fromithe spout.

i V the lower end of said body below said spout and equipped with a cap closing the outer end thereof, and a plunger having a close sliding lit in said body above the spout and operable to fill the can through the filling pipe or to dispose the contents of the can through the spout.

Signed at Miniota this 13th day 0E 13 August 1919.

GEORGE DUTTON. In the presence of: JoHN SPALDING, TOM D. LANCASTER, ELLA HARGRA-VE, FRANK ROGERS. 

